Schneider

Poem Title: The Space Behind the Lines

Inspired by “Jut” by Nicole M. Schneider

Intrigued by the void
The cold
Blackness of space
Accentuating teal lines
That play a game of object identification with the mind
a musical staff
or the silhouette of a country’s flag
It’s the black
around a geometrically rambunctious rhombus
Offering a nice cold stretch of empty space
That gives one pause
a solid background
an absence of color
a night sky without a star.
But it’s the space
Behind the lines
that draws a second glance
Hidden shapes and shadows
behind vertical blinds
playing peek-a-boo
wondering how such objects float
when devoid of atmosphere
The dusty white parcel
a moon on which to land
or a station on which to dock
Intersecting violet lines giving directions as we approach
Behind the lines
swirls and shapes
cosmic dust
gravity
pulls in, pushes out
even in the void
all things jut.

Artist: Nicole M. Schneider
To learn more about Nicole M. Schneider and her work, visit www.nicolemschneider.com.. Image used with permission from the artist.